Vox: "The work of conservative intellectuals today, he (Avik Roy) argues, is to devise a new conservatism — a political vision that adheres to limited government principles but genuinely appeals to a more diverse America."The desire for freedom is universal. Laws and principles should be colorblind. To be "appeal to a more diverse America" is drivel to divide America into a bunch of different socio-ethnic groups, assume they all think monolithically, and then using the power of government to pick winners and losers. To believe that all Latinos or all gays want the same thing is inherently racist.
We've seen the opposite of conservatism (limited government, free market economics) in play in many countries around the world. The most prominent recent example is Venezuela. How's that working out for them?
The Republican party has its difficulties, but at least the primary was a democratic process. There is something to be said of the fact that the nominee wasnt the favorite of the party leaders. Flawed as a result as it may be, democracy triumphed over aristocracy. The same cannot be said about the Democrats. In addition to the DNC openly colluding with Hillary, the whole notion of super delegates is undemocratic. The idea that several rich well-connected people, each has the voting power of over tens of thousands of "peasants" reeks of aristocracy. Democrats had a pretend vote, to give the "little people" the allusion that they had a voice.
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